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An Indian Council Pipe, the bowl of blackish Stone neatly carved

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

February 1781

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 58r

Additional Source Text:

"The Stem of wood, curiously ornamented with an embroidery of Porcupine Quills of various colours."

Notes:

The donor was Philadelphia physician Dr. Thomas Parke (1749-1835), for whom see Transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 3d ser. vol. 9 (1887): clxiv-clxvi.